ARRIS Timbuktu for Macintosh v8.8.3- Getting Started Guide - Manual (Page 13)

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Exchange Permission Enhancements
Exchange service permissions have been improved. When remote users establish
secure SSH connections to your computer, they will be granted the same file-sys-
tem access privileges that are assigned to their Mac OS X user profile. (Remote
users that connect as Timbuktu Users, Ask for Permission Users, or Guest Users
will have the access privileges assigned to the first administrator-level user cre-
ated on your computer.)
To use Exchange to copy files from your computer, or to drag-and-drop files during
a Control session, the remote user must have access privileges for those files.
Timbuktu Pro Services
Each of Timbuktu Pro’s services allows you to interact with remote computers in a
different way; together, they help you make the most of your network. For details
about each Timbuktu Pro service, see
Chapter 5, “The Timbuktu Pro Services.”
Every Timbuktu Pro service can work in both directions at once: another user can
send files to you while you are controlling or observing a third computer.
Control and Observe—Remote Control and Screen Sharing
Timbuktu Pro’s remote control feature allows you to control or observe the desk-
top of a remote computer anywhere on your network using Timbuktu Pro’s
IntelliScreen
TM technology. Timbuktu Pro’s Control and Observe services are pow-
erful tools for user support, training, and collaboration. The Control service lets
you use your keyboard and mouse to operate another computer for user support,
training, and collaboration. The Observe service lets you watch the activity on a
remote computer’s desktop without interfering with keyboard or mouse input.
Timbuktu Pro automatically adapts to any video mode. The auto scrolling feature
offers automatic panning as you move your pointer on the remote desktop. Thus,
you can always view the entire screen of the remote computer, even when moni-
tor resolutions are different. You may also shrink the view of a remote desktop to
fit the size of your remote control window. This provides you greater flexibility in
displaying a remote computer’s desktop on your screen and allows you to create
convenient thumbnail images of several remote computers at once.
Timbuktu Pro allows you to hide your desktop pictures and patterns and limit the
number of colors sent when you share your screen with a remote user. These op-
tions may improve screen-sharing performance, particularly over slow
connections.